Presumptive CLARITY Act of 2025

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3098 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 3098

  To amend title 38, United States Code, to require the Secretary of 
 Veterans Affairs to publish information about conditions and cohorts 
   the Department of Veterans Affairs is considering for purposes of 
 establishing or removing presumptions of service connection regarding 
                toxic exposure, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            November 4, 2025

Mr. Blumenthal introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
             referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend title 38, United States Code, to require the Secretary of 
 Veterans Affairs to publish information about conditions and cohorts 
   the Department of Veterans Affairs is considering for purposes of 
 establishing or removing presumptions of service connection regarding 
                toxic exposure, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Presumptive Clear Legal Assessment 
and Review of Illnesses from Toxic exposure Yields Act of 2025'' or the 
``Presumptive CLARITY Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. REQUIRING PUBLIC TRANSPARENCY IN PROCESS OF DETERMINATIONS 
              RELATING TO PRESUMPTIONS OF SERVICE CONNECTION REGARDING 
              TOXIC EXPOSURE.

    (a) In General.--Subchapter I of chapter 11 of title 38, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section:
``Sec. 1105. Public transparency regarding presumptions of service 
              connection regarding toxic exposure
    ``(a) Publication Required.--The Secretary shall establish and 
maintain on a publicly accessible website of the Department a list of 
conditions and cohorts that the Department is considering for purposes 
of establishing or removing a presumption of service connection based 
on toxic exposure.
    ``(b) Contents.--Publication under subsection (a) shall include the 
following:
            ``(1) An overview of the process for the establishment or 
        removal described in subsection (a), including the steps and 
        goals for time of completion for each step.
            ``(2) For each condition and cohort for which the 
        Department is considering establishing or removing as described 
        in subsection (a), the following:
                    ``(A) The status of the condition or cohort in the 
                process being carried out by the Department for such 
                establishment or removal.
                    ``(B) The actions taken by the Department regarding 
                notice and opportunity for public comment on the 
                establishment or removal, including instructions on how 
                the public can submit comments and recommendations.''.
    (b) Commencement of Publication.--The Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
shall ensure that publication required by section 1105 of such title, 
as added by subsection (a), commences on or before the date that is 180 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act.
    (c) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of 
chapter 11 of such title is amended by inserting after the item 
relating to section 1104 the following new item:

``1105. Public transparency regarding presumptions of service 
                            connection regarding toxic exposure.''.
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